Places leeann365 Wants to Go

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.